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Fia, is it a name?

caitiri View Member Profile	08/01/2013, 07:57 AM Post #1
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So I read it in a bad romance novel and I thought I would ask EB names experts. Is Fia a name in it own right? Does anyone know one? What names could it be the shortened version of apart from Sophia?

countrymel View Member Profile	08/01/2013, 08:01 AM Post #2
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Maybe it's a nickname for Fiona? It is an Italian name meaning 'flickering fire' but I've never met one.

Pooks*potters View Member Profile	08/01/2013, 08:04 AM Post #3
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I've come across one, it was meant to sound like "fear", and in a certain accent it does. I think it's used as a NN for Fiama? I've come across a Fiama, I like that better and prefer Fia as a NN.

emlis22 View Member Profile	08/01/2013, 08:05 AM Post #4
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How strange! I came across this name only yesterday and instantly loved it! So I looked it up on BTN and nothing came up. But I really like it

~Mintie~ View Member Profile	08/01/2013, 08:06 AM Post #5
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I work with a Fia, she's a lovely Maori lady. I'm not sure if it's a traditional Maori name though. Personally I prefer Thea.

iheartu View Member Profile	08/01/2013, 08:15 AM Post #6
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We call our daughter Fia, short for Sophia. We mostly started doing it because her cousin calls her that (couldn't pronounce Sophia) and it was cute. It's kinda stuck

MissingInAction View Member Profile	08/01/2013, 08:15 AM Post #7
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Fiama = Flame in Italian, I think

opethmum View Member Profile	08/01/2013, 08:25 AM Post #8
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Fia is nms but it does remind me of the three letter acronym for F it all.

caitiri View Member Profile	08/01/2013, 09:51 AM Post #9
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QUOTE (opethmum @ 08/01/2013, 09:25 AM) Fia is nms but it does remind me of the three letter acronym for F it all. lol I can't believe I didn't notice that. Oohhh Fiama is nice ty PP's. I'm not pregnant so its a bit of a hypothetical really but its one of the few girls names I really like that doesn't begin with an E

Gudrun View Member Profile	08/01/2013, 10:32 AM Post #10
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Can be stand-alone but I think of it as more commonly a NN for Sofia. Other Fia full names: Filomena Philana Philadelphia Philantha Serafina Fiona Fiametta Fiamma Josefina Phillida Philippa Finola Fianna Fidelma Fionnoula

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